Toy pistol



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w. GRUPKA Toy PISTOL Filed Dec. e, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 CLI PatentedJan. 29, 1924.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT* ortica,

WALTER GRUPKA, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY PISTOL.

.Application ld December 6, 1923. Serial No. .7679,034.

To all whom t may concern j Be it known that I,.WALTER GRUPKA, a citizenof Poland, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State `ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ToyPistols, of which the following isa specification', reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a toy pistol` and has special reference tothat class of pistols or projecting devices .by which pellets orprojectiles may be forcibly projected or discharged, one at a time, thepellets or projectiles being retained in a magizine and automaticallyfed from the magazine to a projector which is manually retracted, heldin a cocked position by rtrigger mechanism, and adapted to be releasedso that the expansive force of a spring willy cause the projector toVdischargea pellet or projectile placed therey My invention aims toprovide a toy pistol of the above classwhich is made mainly of sheetymetal cut, stamped, and fashioned to form a light-weight, durable andcompact pistol'having somewhat the appearance of a well known type ofmagazine re arm.

My invention further' aimsto provide a magazine pistol with a novelprojecten*v and means ,actua-ted, thereby` for depositing Va projectilein the projector and yretaining it therein while the Vprojector isretracted or placed` in a cocked position preparatory to dischargingtheprojectile. t

vThe construction entering into my Vtoy pistol will belhereinafterydescribed and then claimed, and reference will now be had to thedrawings, ywhereinj j Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of thetoy {pistol showing the projector thereof as havingvbeen placed in acocked position by a pivoted handle of the piston;

Fig. 2 is a similaryview showing the projector released and reloaded; jf Y f Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view ofthe pistol with theprojectorina released position; ,i Fig. 4 isa, viewof the front endofthe pistol showing a section line; IfI- on which Fig. ljistaken;v fl` .j

Fig. 5 is a view of the reartend ofthe pistol withthe handle partlybroken away; y1.4`ig. Gis an. enlarged y#cross-sectional view of thepistol 'taken `on fthe line VI-"-VI1 of Fglg..

Fig. 7 is a tractor, and i Fig. 8is a perspective view of a shiftableretaining member carried by the projector, which is shown in vdashlines.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a barrel preferablyformed of two semi-cylindrical members placed edge to edge and suitablyconnected together by solder7 spotwelding or any other means. The barrel1 has its semi-cylindrical members formed on the lower side of thebarrel to provide a longitudinal barrel portion 2, and the rear ends oiwthe barrel members have the side andbottom walls thereof cut away toreceive the cheek pieces 3 of a pivoted cooking handle 4, which is alsopreferably made of two parts placed edge to edge and riveted orotherwise connected together, for instance as at 5. The handle 4 ispivotally mounted, by atransverse pin or rivet 6 beperspective view of adetached tween depending lugs 47 at the rear end of v Athe barrelchannel portion 2.

Concentric of the barrel lis a cylindrical maga-zine Shaving its frontend abutting inturned lugs' 9 at the front end ofthe barrell andthe rearend of the. magazine abuts inturnedlugs l0 Aat. the rea-r end Lof abarrel. See Figs. 4 and 5. .Thernagazine is adapted for holding a largenumber of pellets or projectiles l1 which'arefed towards the forward endofth'emagazine by a `follower 12 attached to the forward end of a coiledspring 13 within the rear f end of the magazine, said coil springabutting ak breech piece 14 having a stem 15 j in the magazine, whichstem has opposed pins 16 adapted to 't engage in bayonet shaped slots`17 j provided therefor in the walls of the magazine 8. By partiallyrotating the breech piece 14 it may be removed and the spring 13andthefollower 12 withbearing against airelease memberQO slidable in themagazine and. adapted `to be automatically actuatedy to release thepellets or projectiles lli'one at va time, through'an aperture 21 in thelower side of the magazine. The release member 2O has side arms 22 projecting from slots 2 3 in the forward end of the magazine 3 and thesearms are adapted to be engaged and shifted to move the release member20, against :the action rof the spring 19, so that a projectile may dropthrouoh the aperture 21.

Slidaable on the magazine 8 is a Aprojector 24 adapted to be shiftedtowardsy the forward end of the channel by theeXpansive lower-end swungupwardly `under the barrel to causo itsuioper end to ull rearwardly onthe rods 27 and retract the-projector 24 and thereby place the spring 25 under compression. After this has been Vaccomplished the pivotedcooking handle 4 may be swung to its normal position with Athe eyelets29 sliding on the rodsf27.

rPhe projector 24 is formed with a channel chamber which yextends .intovthe channel 2 ofthe barrel land the front end of the chamber 30 is openwhile the rear end thereof is Closed by 4a Wall 31 having a dependinglip 32 adapted to-be engaged by a resilient det-ent 33 placed in theslot 3 4 kand attached to the bottom channel wall of the barrel, Thedetent 32 is adapted to be retracted, vto release the projector 24 froma cocked position,- by a trigger 35 pivotally mounted in the slot 34 bya transverse pin 36 carried by the channel 2 of the barrel l. Thetrigger 35 has a forked end 37 normally engaging the end of the detent33 so that said trigger may be pulled to retract the detent, release thepro- 12 jector. 24, and. lpermit 4the VVexpansive force of the spring 25to shift the projectorforwardly with suiiicientimpetus to discharge thepellet or vprojectile placed in thechamber 30, the pellet or projectilepassing out of the channel2 of the barrel 1.

Slidably mounted on the projector 24 is a retaining member 38 havinginturned lugs 39 and 40, anda resilient finger 4 1. The inturned lugs 39are adapted to engage the end wall 31 of the projector and the inturnedlugs '40 are adapted Vto slide in grooves .42 vprovided therefor theinner Wallof the projector 24. ,The retaining member 38 has Va limit-edrvmovement relative to the projector audits skeleton 3011- structionprovides clearance for the projectorvlip 32iand the detent The Vfingervso -as to cause retraction of the finger 41 when the projector 24 isshifted forwardly to discharge a projectile from the chamber 30. l

Considering the operation of the toy pistol and assuming that theprojector 24 Vis y in a vcocked position, as shown in Fig. 1, ffi-ngerpressure on the trigger 35 causesthe detent'f33 to release the projector24. As the projector .moves forwardly to discharge the projectile fromthe vchamber 30, the projector engages the protruding ends of the arms22 -andcauses the release member 2O to be moved forwardly :and release aprojectile which drops throught-he aperture l 2 1 ,into the chamber 30which now V.has its rear end in proximity to the aperture 21,

shown yinflfig. 2. Y l/Yhen the projector 24 moved Aforwardly it carriedwith it the retaining member V38, but the impetus of the projector wassuch vas to cause it to move in advance 4of the retaining member andforce the resilient finger 41 outwardly, by virtue ofthe'beveled wall44, thus providing clearance for forward movement of the projectile.`VVith Vthe projectile discharroredy and the projector reaching thelimitof its forward movement the retaining member 38 and the projector 24 arebrought finto such relation that the finger 41 projects through theopening 43, Vasbest Vs'hownfin Eig. 6 Aand cooperates with the wall 31in forming a compartment in the chamber 30 to receive a pellet yorprojectile from the aperture 2l. Now, when the projector 24 isretracted'by Vthe handle 4 such retraction orv downward tilting of thepistol does notica'use free movement of the projectile out of thechamber 30. In other words the projectile is temporarily retained in thereariend ofthe projector until the pistol trigger is again actuated.

Since the pistol parts are preferablymade ofpressed sheet metal thebarrel and handle may have a configuration imparted thereto in imitationof similar parts of a `fire arm and it is obvious that all of the sheetmetal parts may be quickly assembled, the magazine readily loaded,andthe pistol used by Yjuveniles for ,target practice or otherl purposes.

One" embodiment of my 'invention has been illustrated, but it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to suchvariations and modifications as fall within the scope oftheappendedclaims.

1. In a toy pistoha barrel, a magazine in .said barrel adapted forholding projectiles,

a spring actuated projector on said .magalas iso

zine adapted to receive projectiles one at a time from said magazine, apivoted cocking handle carried by said barrel and adapted for retractingsaid projector, and a trigger mechanism adapted for holding saidprojector retracted until manually released.

2. A toy pistol as called for in claim l, and a projectile releasemember in said magazine adapted to be actuated by said projector torelease a projectile for said projector. o

3. A toy pistol as called for in claim l,

and a spring pressed release member in said magazine having armsextending into said barrel to be engaged by said projector and shiftedthereby to release a projectile for said projector.

4. A toy pistol as called for in claim l, and a shiftable retainingmember on said projector and adapted to retain a projectile thereinduring retraction of' said projector.y

5. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, an apertured magazine in saidbarrel, a projector slidable in said barrel and adapted to receive aprojectile from the aperture of saidy magazine, a release member in saidmagazine at the aperture thereof adapted to be actuated by saidprojector to release a projectile to drop through the magazine apertureinto said projector, means about said inagazine adapted to actuate saidprojector, and a trigger mechanism adapted for holding said projector ina retracted position.

6. A top pistol as called for in claim 5,

and a spring pressed follower in said magazine adapted to feedprojectiles towards said release member.

7. A toy pistol as called for in claim 5 and a pivoted handle carried bysaid barrel adapted for retracting said projector for engagement by saidtrigger mechanism.

8. A toy pistol as called for in claim 5,

vand a retaining member sliiftable on said projector and adapted toretain a projectile in said projector during retraction thereof.

9. A toy pistol comprising a barrel, a magazine therein, a projectorslidable in said barrel `on said magazine and adapted to receive aprojectile therefrom, a pivot handle carried by said barrel connected tosaid projector so as to permit retraction of said proj ector by saidhandle and free forward movement of said projector independent of saidhandle, a spring in said barrel adapted to actuate said projector forthe discharge of a projectile, and a trigger mechanismadaptedfforholding said projector temporarily retracted.

10. A toy pistol as called for in claim 9, and means adapted fortransferring proj ectiles from said magazine to said projector. i Intestimony whereof I ailiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER GRUPKA. vWitnesses:

Lnwis E. FLANDERS, ANNA M. Donn.

